It's OK though, proper exciting sport starts in the next few weeks.
The Red Bull Air Race series kicks off at end of March, the Boat Race is first weekend in April and the greatest one-day bike race in the world, Paris Roubaix, is April 11th.

For once I was quite excited about this season, first time in years. Even decided to watch it all. Shite. Dull. Boring. Dunno if it was just me, but it looked like the cars were going so slow unless it was the driver view camera. Doubt I'll be watching any more.

Formula 1 is dead and has been for years. It's as dull as dishwater with drivers who have as much charm as a four year old dog turd! Why anyone would even class it as entertaining now is beyond me and yes – I've followed it for years but I've had enough of it now and don't bother anymore. If you want racing it has to be bikes, MotoGP or WSB. You'll see more over-taking in one lap with those guys than you will in a complete F1 season and the skill is amazing too. Do yourselves a favour guys and watch the bikes instead.

If races are going to be about the amble to the first corner to look after your tyres, then cruise around until the first stop looking after your tyres and then with new tyres lean out your engine to save fuel then we are in for a dull season.

and the 55 meter rule in the pit lane FFS which Muppet thought of that… … let me guess the elf and safety person who does drive a F1 car

not forgetting a rule which discourages drivers from being on the start line for interviews, etc

But seriously – I believe the engineers know far too much about their cars during a race and some sort of telemetry ban should be imposed.

Let things fail, let engines blow up – make the drivers manage their cars, not the engineers in the pits. Fair enough let the car collect the data so they can examine it after the race, but not during.

And as for the eight engines and gear boxes made to last four races rules – FFS – this is F1 not LeMans.

I too was looking forward to this season but this wasn't a great start, although there was some more interesting stuff going on nearer the back. Hopefully some of the older tracks will spice it up a bit.

I'll probably stick with the highlights on iPlayer but don't think I'll be watching too many live ones this year.

What a tedious weekend of sport – one rugby match which was a cure for insomnia, another which didn't meet it pre-match hype, and to cap it all a Grand Prix where the highlight was the smoke from Webber's car on the first lap. What was even more bizarre was the photo line-up of all the ex F1 champions with Jean Todt and his missus, Michelle Yeoh, sat in the middle – David Coultard and Eddie Jordan nearly swore when they saw that.

Come on guys. It's the first race with a load of new rules. From a lot of the after race comments it sounds to me that most teams were using it as a test to gain data for the rest of the season. It's not exactly the best track for overtaking either. So this one was a bit of a procession, let's not make too many judgements until the European leg starts though eh? And if it's that boring then, heh, don't watch it! 🙄

1… mandatory 2 pitstops
2… winners get weight penalty like in touring cars
3… after qualifying in week one.. reverse the grid from the previous week if you want to win a championship you have to fight from in the pack to the front and need to overtake
4.. in grass roots racing bangers and hot rods .. the best drivers start atthe back and have to race to win..

"With no refuelling, it will be difficult to see any overtaking, so after the first lap the positions will be set," said Alonso on his Ferrari debut.
Lewis Hamilton, who finished third for McLaren, added: "You start with fuel, you do one stop and it's pretty much a train all the way."

3… after qualifying in week one.. reverse the grid from the previous week if you want to win a championship you have to fight from in the pack to the front and need to overtake
4.. in grass roots racing bangers and hot rods .. the best drivers start atthe back and have to race to win

What, you mean like a real race? Are you mad?

Every time I can be bothered, I suggest this but strangely enough, no-one ever seems to think it's a good idea. I simply can't see the point of testing to see who is the fastest then putting the fastest driver at the front, it seems to suggest that a procession is what the sport is looking for…

F1 was awesome in the 70's- 80's. I have seen amazing racing @ brands and silverstone, with Hunt, Lauda ect. And the sublime ronnie petersen, who used to drive a F1 Lotus like a rally car—-sideways everywhere.
Haven't watched it for the last 5 yrs. Paris-Nice is more exciting.

I doubt I'll be watching any more F1 this year. With so much technology and innovation in the sport why kill it all by not allowing them to refuel? I may be worng/fell asleep but did any of the cars got anywhere near the qualifying lap times? They were just nursing their cars round the track and agressive overtaking is well and truly out of the question now. Shame really, I used to enjoy it.

I gave up on it years ago, when it just became a procession, and was won and lost in the pit lanes. Senna's death was the worse thing to happen to it, because the new safety measures stopped any overtaking maneuvers almost overnight. From a selfish point of view, if you take out the risk, you take out the fun.